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The disturbing messages shared between AI Chatbot and teen who took his own life Warning distressing content: When the teen expressed his suicidal thoughts to his favorite bot, Character.AI ...
The mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III is suing the tech company that created a 'Game of Thrones' AI chatbot she believes drove him to suicide.
For almost a year, Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old from Orlando, spoke to AI-generated chatbots, powered by a company called Character.AI, meant to emulate “Game of Thrones” characters, like ...
Artificial intelligence company seeks dismissal of lawsuit over 14-year-old’s suicide Sewell Setzer fatally shot himself after becoming “addicted” to AI chatbot app, mom alleges ...
Sewell Setzer III had professed his love for the chatbot he often interacted with - his mother Megan Garcia says in a civil lawsuit ...
Why Grieving Family Went Public with Teen’s Addiction to AI Bot, Which They Blame for His Suicide (Exclusive) Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III fell in "love" with an online chatbot, then ...
When 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III died in his Orlando home while his brothers and parents were inside, his last words were not to any of them, but to an artificial intelligence chatbot that told ...
Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III loved interacting with Character.AI's hyper-realistic chatbots—with a limited version available for free or a "supercharged" version for a $9.99 monthly fee ...
Judge rejects claim chatbots have free speech in suit over teen’s death Google and Character.AI unsuccessfully argued that a chatbot’s messages were protected by the First Amendment.
The suit was filed by a mother from Florida, Megan Garcia, who alleges that her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III fell victim to a Character.AI chatbot that pulled him into what she described as ...